Orsières
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Orsières is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Orsières
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Orsieres, Switzerland.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Orsières village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Orsières COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Orsières Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Entremont
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1937
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6034
- Swiss town.area
- 165.0
- Swiss town.elevation
- 887
- Swiss town.population
- 2736
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.orsieres.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Jean-François Thétaz
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Orsières
- Population
- 3183
- Area
- 164.93
- Elevation
- 887
- Official website
- www.orsieres.ch
- Image
- Orsieres-Village.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
Show 3 more facts
- postal code
- 1937
- Commons category
- Orsières
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6034
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Orsières is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== Orsières is first mentioned in 972 as Pons Ursarii. In medieval times, it was a stage on the Via Francigena.
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